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DENTON COUNTY, Texas — Denton County and its sheriff, Tracy Murphree, as well as several other county personnel, are being sued in connection with the death of an inmate at the county's jail last year.
The suit states Vandeventer was having a mental health crisis when the plaintiff and Vandeventer's heir, Lanette Silvey, called 911 for help. Upon police arrival, the suit details that Vandeventer had barricaded himself in a room with a large piece of furniture, but police eventually forced their way in. Police found him naked on his bed, then arrested him and took him to the jail.
Silvey's reportedly repeated attempts to see Vandeventer given proper supervision and care from the jail were fruitless, the suit details. "As a result of the policies in place on the date of Heath Vandeventer’s arrest and thereafter, Mr. Vandeventer was allowed to slowly and painfully die over the two month period he was in the Denton County jail," the suit states.
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